How to Match Curtain Patterns

Matching curtain patterns in fabric is an important requirement as this is the initial step to ensure the final draperies that will be made will bear a professional look.

Holi Gift Ideas – Celebrate Holi with Love

Holi is one of the most colourful festival celebrated in India. One of the most wonderful thing of holi is it is celebrated in spring season when winter is in its end phase and summer season is starting. This festival signifies the win of good over evil. Beautiful colours of holi spread love and happiness everywhere. Sharing beautiful gifts with loved ones also increase the charm and beauty of this colour festival. Various holi gift ideas are available which can bring smile to the face of your loved ones. Below I am sharing some good options for gifting your loved ones :

Special Mithais: Mithais are very good gifting option for holi. As any celebration or festival is incomplete without sweets. You can make hampers of different combination of mithais and special gujiyas or one type of mirthai and can make happy to your loved ones.

Decorative items: Festivals are best time to give new look to your home decor. As this is the time when most of your guest come to your house to celebrate festival with you. 

Color Hampers: Color hampers is also one the coolest gifting idea for holi. As colors are most important part of holi. Sending box full of different colors can also cheer your loved ones and freinds

Indian Jewellery: Women always love to get jewellery be it in any occasion. So if you want to impress your wife, girl freind, mother or sister you can gift beautiful jewellery and bring smile in her face.

Indian Jewellery - Beauty of Women

Indian Jewellery has its rich significance in Indian women's life. Without Jewellery Indian women is incomplete. Jewellery is not only an ornament it also reflects culture of India. Every region has its special jewellery which signifies about the region and culture of that area. Specially during marriages or after marriage region specific jewellery is wore by Indian women like chooda by punjabis, shakah pola by bengalis, Mnagalsutra by Marathis and all. These special jewellery items reflect about the culture of that area.

Wide variety of Jewelery items are available:

• Bangles 
  
  
  
• Anklets 
  
  
  
• Nose pins 
  
  
  
• Hair pins 
  
  
  
• Necklaces 
  
  
  
  
• Rings 
  

These beautiful jewellery items have beautiful power and it make women look more beautiful with its spark and beauty.

Glass Painting designs Patterns : How to do Glass Painting?

Painting is one of the most beautiful art which brings your creativity infront of everybody. Glass painting is one form of painting which is also very good idea to tranquil your mind from all tensions and strains.

If you also want to start doing glass painting here I will share what essential things are required to do glass painting. Like every other painting art form, for glass painting also you require some basic things like brushes, glass paints, glass painting outlines, traced pattern and glass piece. Now if you have gathered all the essential things now you are ready to start glass painting. Here I will share step by step procedure to start glass painting:

Step 1: First take image or picture of which you want to make glass painting. Now trace it on butter/tracing paper.

Step 2: Now take glass on which you want to make your glass painting design. Clean the glass with thinner or soap and dry it with some cotton cloth. Don't forget to dry it properly before starting glass painting.

Step 3: Now place the glass on some flat surfaced table and paste the glass painting pattern underneath that glass so that it will not move and you can easily draw that pattern on your glass also.

Step 4 : Now most important thing start outlining process. Now start outlining the glass painting designs pattern with tube. Be careful while outlining, outlines should be thin and clean. Always remember try to do outline in one direction either top to bottom or bottom to top and leave it to dry for 3 to 4 hrs.

Step 5 : If outline is dried properly now you can start painting inside using colours. You can do painting either directly by paint tubes or you can also use brush to spread colours. Now if you are done with painting just leave it for 1 or 2 days don't move it till the time it dried properly.

Step 6 : When the drying process is over you can remove the design pattern affixed below the glass and frame it in wooden or fiber frame.

12 Jyotirlingas in India

Jyotirlinga in India held an important place in Hindu beleif. One of the most worthy pilgrimage journey in India is the visit to the 12 jyotirlingas. It will be an refreshing experience for any of the Shiva devotee. In these holy places Lord Shiva is worshiped in the form of Jyotirlingas, means ray of light. In Hindus it is believed that Jyotirlinga is the source of energy and all works in earth are done under his guidance.

It is believed that every hindu should visit 12 jyotirlingas atleast once in a lifetime. The views of Jyotirlinga enlighten the life of the devotee by removing darkness from the mind and bring peace, happiness and prosperity in the life of the devotee. This twelve jyotirlingas yatra will purify the mind and body and provide complete peace.

The 12 Jyotirlingas are spread across India from southern part to northern part. Below I am mentioning 12 Jyotirlingas and their location:

1. Rameshwaram : Rameshwaram is located in Tamil Nadu. Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga is situated on peninsular tip of Rameshwaram. It was Lord Rama who installed this Linga while his way to attack Ravana.
   
   
   
2. Kedarnath : The north most Jyotirlinga is located at Uttarakhanda. It is located at stunning mountainscape of the Garhwal Himalayas at the head of the Mandakini River.
   
   
   
3. Somnath : Somnath Jyotirlinga is located in Gujarat. It is known as "the Shrine Eternal". 
   
   
   
4. Mallikarjun : Mallikarjun in Srisailam, Andra Pradesh. There is very strange speciality in the idol, it is said that if you touch the forehead of the idol than you can feel like a human skin.
5. Mahakaleshwar : Mahakaleshwar is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. Kal Bhairava Beautiful paintings in the Malwa style are the speciality of this temple.
   
   
   
6. Omakareshwar : Omakareshwar in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The speciality of this temple lays in its attractive pillars and stone works.
7. Baidyanath : Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
8. Nageshwar: Nageshwar in Dwarka, Speciality of this Shivlinga is that unlike other Shivlingas which are made of black stone. It is made of stone known popularly as Dwaraka Shila, which has small chakras on it.
9. Trimbakeshwar in Nasik: Trimbakeshwar in Nasik, Maharashtra
   
   
   
10. Bhimashankar : Bhimashankar in Maharastra.
11. Grishneshwar :Grishneshwar in Varanasi uttarpradesh.
12. Vishwanath : Vishwanath is located in Kashi Uttarpradesh.

One can start journey of pilgrimage ciruit from any 12 Jyotirlinga places. But most of the the pilgrims come to tha states of Madhya Pradesh. So it will be good idea if you start your journey from Madhya Pradesh and move forward.

Home Temple – Make your Home Sacred with Wooden and Marble Temple

One of the most important place in very Indian house is where their God resides ie Home temples or Mandir. This place in house has its own importance as this is most beautiful, clean and silent place of house. Temple enhances the beauty of the home. It is the place where each and every person of the house lowered their head and pray for peace and happiness. Beautiful environment of this place has power to provide peace even in bad circumstances. In ups and down people spend time sitting in this place and finds peace and way to proceed.

If you have also purchased new home and planning for beautiful temple for your home than this blog is going to be very helpful for you. Home temples are available in different materials like wooden temple, marble temple, carved temple and many more. It totally depends upon your home architecture and budget which material will best suit your home. As every material has its pros and cons depending upon its usability.

1. Wooden temple: Wooden temples are comparatively light weighted and cheaper. And most of the people prefer to have wooden temple for their home. Wooden temples come in various different shapes and sizes. They come in beautiful colours with auspicious symbol.If you have big pooja room than you can plan for big size wooden temple. So that you can easily place all gods and goddess inside the temple and also get sufficient place to decorate them. 
   
2. Marble temple: Marble temple is also good option but its is quite heavier as compare to wooden temples. So if you have no plans for shifting to new place than you can plan for marble temples for your home. It also come in beautiful designs and give beautiful look to your pooja room. As white marble has its own charm. Marble temples are beautiful carved and inlayed. These beautifully designed temple even give beautiful look to your home decor.

Before purchasing any home temple just explore all the varieties so that you can better understand which style will better suit your home.

Choose Best Sofa Set Design for Your Home

Sofa sets play very important role in your home decoration. It is one of the most important element of your living room. If you have selected correct sofa set for your living room than half of your work in decorating your home is completed. Selecting perfect sofa set design for your living room require time and effort as it is something that people don't purchase frequently.

Sofa sets also play very important role in bringing your whole family together as after coming from office whole family love to sit on sofa and enjoy television together.

If you are also planning to change sofa set of your living room than this is right place to read more about it. Before purchasing just plan about your budget and style like what theme you want to give to your home decor. If your house is newly constructed and it is made with new architectural design than you can plan for contemporary style sofa sets. Sofa sets can change entire look of your home decor so select one which go well with your home architecture, home curtains, other furnitures. Like if you are planning for wrought iron sofa than it can only be good idea if other furnitures of your house are also of wrought iron.

Tips to select perfect sofa set for your home:

Don't forget that sofa sets are first attraction of anyone who comes to your house. So go for the one which will best suit your entire home decoration. While planning for new sofa set just be specific what you want as various styles and materials are available in the market. So before opting one just explore the market. Try to keep various things in mind while purchasing sofa sets:

Sofa set style: Choose style of sofa set according to home decor. If you want traditional theme than go for traditional style sofa sets and if you want to give stylish look to your home than go for contemporary style sofa sets. Various other styles sofa sets are also available like cane sofa sets and wrought iron sofa sets. Cane furniture are quite cheap and also give stylish look to your home decor.

Colour and material of Sofa set: Don't forget to check the material and colour of your sofa set. As some materials catch dust quickly and hard to clean so keep this in mind while purchasing. And go for colour which best suits your overall interior.

Size and shape: Don't forget about the size of sofa set as if your living room has less space don't go for bigger size sofa sets as it will not go good with home decor and look messy. Keep in mind that size is most important while choosing sofa set.

Hope above mentioned tips will help you a lot in choosing best sofa set design for your home and improving home decor of your home.